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MANUAL 

FOR  THE  USE  OF  MEMBERS 
OF  THE  GENERAL  COMMITTEE 
OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  OF  THE 
METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 


PRINTED  BY  REQUEST  OF 
THE  GENERAL  COMMITTEE 


BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  OF 
THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

JANUARY,  1912 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  GENERAL  COMMITTEE 
OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 


NOVEMBER,  I9JI 


I,  General  Superintendents 

Bishop  Thomas  Bowman,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

“  Henry  W.  Warren,  University  Park,  Colo. 

“  John  M.  Walden,  220  West  Fourth  Street,  Cincinnati,  O. 

“  John  H.  Vincent,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

“  Earl  Cranston,  The  Ontario,  Washington,  D.  C. 

“  David  H.  Moore,  Cincinnati,  O. 

“  John  W.  Hamilton,  Boston,  Mass. 

“  Joseph  F.  Berry,  455  Franklin  Street,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

“  William  F.  McDowell,  57  Washington  Street,  Chicago,  Ill. 

“  James  W.  Bashford,  Peking,  China. 

“  William  Burt,  Zurich,  Switzerland. 

“  Luther  B.  Wilson,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

“  Thomas  B.  Neely,  New  Orleans,  La. 

“  William  F.  Anderson,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

“  John  L.  Nuelsen,  Omaha,  Neb. 

“  William  A.  Quayle,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

“  Charles  W.  Smith,  Portland,  Ore. 

“  Wilson  S.  Lewis,  Foochow,  China. 

“  Edwin  H.  Hughes,  435  Buchanan  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
“  Robert  McIntyre,  Saint  Paul,  Minn. 

“  Frank  M.  Bristol,  Buenos  Ayres,  Argentine  Republic. 

II.  Missionary  Bishops 

Bishop  James  M.  Thoburn,  Meadville,  Pa. 

“  Joseph  C.  Hartzell,  Funchal,  Madeira  Islands. 

“  Frank  W.  Warne,  Lucknow,  India. 

“  Isaiah  B.  Scott,  Monrovia,  Liberia,  Africa. 

“  William  F.  Oldham,  Singapore,  Straits  Settlements. 

“  John  E.  Robinson,  Bombay,  India. 

“  Merriman  C.  Harris,  Seoul,  Korea. 

III.  Officers  of  the  Board 

Corresponding  Secretary 

Adna  B.  Leonard,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

First  Assistant  Corresponding  Secretary 
Homer  C.  Stuntz,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Recording  Secretary 

Stephen  O.  Benton,  150  Fifth  Avenue.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Treasurer 

Homer  Eaton,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Assistant  Treasurer 

Henry  C.  Jennings,  220  W.  Fourth  Street,  Cincinnati,  O. 


IV.  Representatives  of  the  General  Conference  Districts 

1.  Rev.  D.  B.  Holt,  Portland,  Me. 

David  Gordon,  Hazardville,  Conn. 

2.  Rev.  J.  W.  Marshall,  142  Livingstone  Avenue,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
J.  E.  Leaycraft,  17  West  42d  Street,  New  York  City. 

3.  Rev.  Ray  Allen,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

T.  D.  Collins,  Nebraska,  Pa. 

4.  Rev.  B.  C.  Conner,  D.D.,  1224  13th  Avenue,  Altoona,  Pa. 

J.  H.  Holt,  Grafton,  W.  Va. 

5.  Rev.  j.  C.  Smith,  D.D.,  Warren,  O. 

O.  F.  Hypes,  Springfield,  O. 

6.  Rev.  G.  W.  Cooper,  Orangeburg,  S.  C. 

W.  T.  Smith,  Harriman,  Tenn. 

7.  Rev.  B.  T.  McEwen,  Corinth,  Miss. 

R.  S.  Lovinggood,  Austin,  Tex. 

8.  Rev.  J.  S.  Ford,  Maryville,  Mo. 

J.  L.  Taylor,  Pittsburgh,  Kan. 

9.  Rev.  E.  a.  Schell,  Mt.  Pleasant,  la. 

C.  R.  Benedict,  Shelby,  la. 

10.  Rev.  R.  E.  Buckey,  Watseka,  Ill. 

Perley  Lowe,  Chicago,  Ill. 

11.  Rev.  L.  j.  Naftzger,  Greenfield,  Ind. 

William  E.  Carpenter,  Brazil,  Ind. 

12.  Rev.  j.  G.  Moore,  Grand  Forks,  N.  D. 

F.  J.  Clemans,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

13.  Rev.  W.  H.  Rolfing,  Colesburg,  la. 

William  Albrecht,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

14.  Rev.  W.  D.  Phifer,  Denver,  Colo. 

A.  J.  Wallace,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

15.  Rev.  W.  B.  Hollingshead,  Portland,  Ore. 

.  L.  V.  Wells,  Wenatchee,  Wash. 

V,  Representatives  of  the  Board  of  Managers 

Ministers 

Rev.  j.  F.  Goucher,  2309  Saint  Paul  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 

“  G.  P.  Eckman,  550  West  End  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

“  J.  M.  Buckley,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

“  F.  M.  North,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

“  A.  G.  Kynett,  1026  Arch  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

“  Allan  MacRossie,  548  West  i42d  Street,  New  York  City. 

E.  S.  Tipple,  Madison,  N.  J. 

“  E.  G.  Richardson,  Bristol,  Conn. 

Laymen 

Willis  McDonald,  139A  So.  Oxford  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

J.  M.  Bulwinkle,  413  Fulton  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

H.  K.  Carroll,  145  Westervelt  Avenue,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

J.  W.  Pearsall,  Ridgewood,  N.  J. 

G.  W.  F.  SwARTZELL,  727  15th  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

J.  M.  Cornell,  560  West  26th  Street,  New  York  City. 

G.  G.  Reynolds,  189  Montague  Street,  Brookliui,  N.  Y. 


4 


COMMITTEES,  19 1 1 

Nominations 

Bishops  Walden  and  Smith,  A.  B.  Leonard,  F.  M.  North,  G.  W.  F.  Swartzell, 
D.  B.  Holt,  E.  A.  Schell,  Perley  Lowe,  William  Albrecht. 

General  Distribution 

Bishops  Warren  and  Walden,  B.  C.  Conner,  W.  D.  Phifer,  F.  J.  Clemans,  W.  E. 
Carpenter,  E.  M.  North,  H.  K.  Carroll,  A,  B.  Leonard. 

Eastern  Asia 

Bishops  Cranston  and  Lewis,  R.  E.  Bnckey,  J.  G.  Moore,  Perley  Lowe,  C.  R. 
Benedict,  J.  F.  Goucher.  G.  W.  F  Swartzell,  H.  C.  Stuntz. 

Southern  Asia 

Bishops  Hamilton,  McDowell,  and  Thobnrn,  W.  B.  Hollingshead,  E.  A.  Schell, 
J.  E.  Leaycraft,  W.  T.  Smith,  G.  P.  Eckman,  J.  M.  Bulwinkle,  and  A.  B.  Leonard. 

Africa 

Bishops  Wilson,  Walden,  Hartzell,  Scott,  and  Burt,  J.  S.  Eord,  G.  W.  Cooper, 
R.  S.  Lovinggood,  J.  L.  Taylor,  A.  G.  Kynett,  J.  W.  Pearsall,  S.  O.  Benton. 

South  America 

Bishops  Anderson  and  Bristol,  L.  J.  Naftzger,  D.  B.  Holt,  L.  J.  Wells,  David 
Gordon,  J.  M.  Buckley,  G.  G.  Reynolds,  H.  C.  Stuntz. 

Mexico 

Bishops  Neely  and  Nuelsen,  Ray  Allen,  B.  T.  McEwen,  J.  H.  Holt,  W.  T.  Smith, 
Allan  MacRossie,  J.  M.  Cornell,  H.  C.  Stuntz. 

Europe 

Bishops  Burt  aiicj  Smith,  W.  H.  Rolfing,  J.  C.  Smith,  William  Albrecht,  T.  D. 
Collins,  E.  S.  Tipple,  Willis  McDonald,  Homer  Eaton. 

General  Reference 

Bishops  Hughes  and  McIntyre,  L.  J.  Naftzger,  J.  G.  Moore,  L.  J.  Wells,  Perley 
Lowe,  E.  G.  Richardson,  H.  K.  Carroll,  H.  C.  Jennings. 

T reasurer’s  Report 

Bishops  Warren  and  Berry,  E.  A.  Schell,  B.  C.  Conner,  J.  E.  Leaycraft,  E.  J. 
Clemans,  G.  W.  E.  Swartzell,  F.  M.  North,  H.  C.  Stuntz. 

Provision  for  the  Debt 

Bishops  Hamilton  and  Lewis,  A.  B.  Leonard,  R.  E.  Buckey,  E.  A.  Schell,  Gt  P. 
Eckman,  J.  E.  Leaycraft. 

Sections  J  and  III  of  the  Budget 

Bishops  McDowell  and  Bristol,  H.  C.  Stuntz,  J.  F.  Goucher,  E.  G.  Richardson, 
W.  B.  Hollingshead,  G.  W.  F.  Swartzell. 

Members  of  Joint  Committee  on  Apportionments 
Bishops  Wilson  and  Hughes,  A.  B,  Leonard,  J.  G.  Moore,  W.  D.  Phifer. 

Nezv  Work  and  Neze  Fields 

Bishops  Burt  and  Nuelsen.  Ray  Allen,  D.  B.  Holt,  F.  J.  Clemans,  David  Gordon, 
A.  G.  Kynett,  Willis  McDonald,  A.  B.  Leonard. 

Memoirs 

Bishops  Walden  and  Hamilton.  J.  C.  Smith. 

Resolutions  of  Courtesy 

Bishop  McDowell,  Allan  MacRossie,  H.  K.  Carroll. 

5 


The  Treasurers^  Report  for  the  Year  Ending 

October  31 1  19 1 1 


RECEIPTS  FROM  CONFERENCES 


Receipts  from 

Receipts  from 

Conferences,  Etc. 

Nov.  1,  1910, 

Nov.  1,  1910, 

to 

Conferences,  Etc. 

to 

' 

Oct.  31,  1911 

Oct.  31,  1911 

Alabama  . 

$388  00 

Alaska . 

64  00 

Arizona  . 

1,131  25 
645  00 

Arkansas . . . 

Atlanta . 

573  00 

Atlantic . 

50  00 

Austria-Hungary . 

43  20 

Austin . 

1,834  60 
29,956  19 
315  40 

Baltimore . 

Bengal . 

Black  Hills . 

271  70 

Blue  Ridge . 

232  00 

Bombay . . 

388  09 

Bulgaria . 

101  14 

Burma . 

56  80 

California . 

8,412  86 
1,145  00 
421  17 

California  German . 

Central  Alabama . 

Central  China . 

602  75 

Central  German . 

4,714  00 
16,071  75 
666  25 

Cenlral  Illinois . 

Central  Missouri . 

Central  New  York . 

24,565  44 
21,152  78 
33,729  07 
47  38 

Central  Ohio . 

Central  Pennsylvania . 

Central  Provinces . 

Central  Swedish .  . 

Central  Tennessee . 

2,732  00 
380  00 

Chicago  German . 

3,238  50 
184  00 

Chile.” . 

Cincinnati . 

18,108  99 
12,140  08 
6,890  29 
4,548  39 
2,486  50 
717  52 

Colorado . 

Columbia  River . 

Dakota . 

Delaw'are . 

Denmark . ' . 

Des  Moines . 

17,621  55 
18,802  57 
11  00 

Detroit . 

East  Central  Africa . 

East  German . 

2,649  00 
1,956  80 
29,285  02 
839  00 

East  Maine . 

East  Ohio . 

East  Oklahoma . 

East  Tennessee . 

Eastern  South  America . ' . 

Eastern  Sw'edish . 

171  00 
1,223  00 
1,485  00 
16,324  97 
721  36 
401  45 

Erie . 

Finland  and  Saint  Petersburg . 

Florida . 

Foochow . 

France . 

138  28 
25  00 

Genesee . 

24,253  92 
278  50 

Georgia . . 

Gulf . 

1.063  26 

Hawaii . 

Hinghwa . 

36  79 

Holston . 

2,760  75 
3,390  86 
23.029  35 

Idaho . 

Illinois . 

Indiana . 

17,386  09 
11,416  81 
49  54 

Iowa . 

Italian  Mission . 

Italy . 

320  00 

Kansas . 

15,225  99 
1,494  50 

Kentucky . 

Korea . 

Lexington . 

820  25 

Liberia . 

279  00 

Lincoln . 

216  20 

Little  Rock . 

334  50 

Louisiana . . 

999  84 

$5,175  25 

"434  66 
22,842  81 
6,133  67 
576  45 
5,875  85 
2,197  52 
11,112  05 
582  00 
15,488  04 
9,242  96 
4,100  00 
15,311  12 
1,083  00 
179  00 
25,879  93 
28,338  62 
26,878  93 
55  00 
233  00 
954  42 
3,754  53 
1,139  12 

21,687  43 
852  00 
4,900  77 
11,412  98 
2,059  50 
6,051  85 
11,681  00 
1,113  00 
2,336  00 
344  07 
11,624  50 
16,267  66 
6,734  42 
669  00 
1,001  34 
2,881  00 
17,150  99 
8,787  88 
6,552  00 
100  00 
896  00 
390  00 
645  00 
36,016  32 
36  00 
34,363  80 
116  00 
9,034  15 
27,962  37 
1,092  12 
18,318  74 
3,459  50 
409  00 
2,676  64 
79  30 
1,315  24 
121  40 
10,781  13 
23,080  37 
1,644  00 
8,182  61 
17,208  82 
4,009  41 
2,055  45 
158  00 
905  45 

6 


Maine . 

Malaysia . 

Mexico . 

Michig:an . 

Minnesota . 

Mississippi . 

Missouri . 

Montana . 

Nebraska . 

Nevada . 

New  England . 

New  England  Southern 

New  Hampshire . 

New  Jersey . 

New  Mexico  English. . . 
New  Mexico  Spanish . . . 

New  York . 

New  York  East . 

Newark . 

North  Andes  . 

North  Carolina . 

North  China . 

North  Dakota . 

North  Germany . 

North  India . 

North  Indiana . 

North  Montana . 

North  Nebraska . . . 

North  Ohio . 

Northern  German . 

Northern  Minnesota. . . . 
Northern  New  York. . . . 

Northern  Swedish . 

Northwest  German . 

Northwest  India . 

Northwest  Indiana . 

Northwest  Iowa . 

Northwest  Kansas . 

Northwest  Nebraska. . . 

Norw'ay . . 

Norwegian  and  Danish. 

Ohio . 

Oklahoma . 

Oregon . 

Pacific  Chinese . 

Pacific  German . 

Pacific  Japanese . 

Pacific  Sw'edish . 

Philadelphia . 

Philippine  Islands . 

Pittsburgh . 

Porto  Rico . 

Puget  Sound . 

Rock  River . 

Saint  Johns  River . 

Saint  Louis . 

Saint  Louis  German . . . . 

Savannah . 

South  Carolina . 

South  Florida' . 

South  Germany . 

South  India . 

South  Kansas . 

Southern  California . . . . 

Southern  German . 

Southern  Illinois . 

Southwest  Kansas . 

Sw^eden . 

Switzerland . 

Tennessee . 

Te.xas . 


Treaswrers^  Report — Continued 


Conferences,  Etc. 


Receipts  from 
Nov.  1,  1910, 
to 

Oct.  31,  1911 


Conferences,  Etc. 


Receipts  from 
Nov.  1,  1910, 
to 

Oct.  31,  1911 


Troy . 

Upper  Iowa . 

Upper  Mississippi . . , 

Utah . 

Vermont . 

Washington . . . . 

West  Central  Africa 

West  China . 

West  German . 

West  Nebraska . 

West  Texas . 


$21,794  66 
16,796  02 
634  40 
758  00 
3,086  52 
2,628  00 
27  00 

5,549  66 
3,235  00 
981  00 


West  Virginia  . . 

West  Wisconsin . 

Western  Norwegian-Danish 

Westerh  Swedish . 

Wilmington . 

Wisconsin . 

Wyoming  (Conference) _ 

Wyoming  (Mission) . . 


$11,955  84 
5,911  43 
468  00 
1,639  00 
14,321  00 
9,797  32 
19,008  75 
897  00 


Total  from  Conferences 


$1,040,215  66 


RECAPITULATION  OF  REGULAR  RECEIPTS  AND 

DISBURSEMENTS 


Regular  Receipts 


Conference  Collections . $1,040,215  66 

Lapsed  Annuity  Funds .  3,321  03 

Legacies  .  27,879  38 

Miscellaneous  Receipts .  1,581  92 


Total  Regular  Receipts . $1,072,997  99 


Regular  Disbursements 

Austria-Hungarj' .  $3,418  33 

Bengal .  18,743  56 

Bolivia .  7,480  63 

Bombay .  31,562  6l 

Bulgaria .  9,835  40 

Burma .  12,662  09 

Central  China .  38,313  82 

Central  Provinces .  27,841  23 

Chile . 28,096  07 

China  (General  Editorial,  Educational,  and  Publishing  Work) .  9,873  70 

Denmark .  8,231  86 

East  Central  Africa  (including  Inhambane,  $2,777.71,  and  Rhodesia,  $13,709.28) .  16,486  99 

East  Japan . . . ....'. .  47,198  64 

Eastern  South  America .  53,859  69 

Finland  and  Saint  Petersburg .  11,989  77 

Foochow . 32,068  70 

France .  7,015  50 

Germany  and  Switzerland  (for  Martin  Mission  Institute) .  1,496  20 

Hinghwa . • .  14,879  18 

Italy .  58,448  14 

Korea .  44,913  24 

Liberia .  16,848  13 

Malaysia .  28,480  37 

Mexico .  61,055  22 

North  .4frica .  8,315  47 

North  Andes  (including  Panama,  $2,992.67,  and  Peru,  $17,701.28) .  20,693  95 

North  China .  51,932  64 

North  Germany .  15,794  11 

North  India .  66,054  52 

Northwest  India .  39,155  42 

Norway .  .  12,762  90 

PWlippine  Islands .  32,192  80 

South  Germany .  18,628  49 

South  India .  32,890  48 

Sweden .  16,493  68 

Switzerland . . .  8,596  01 

West  Central  Africa  (including  Angola,  $11,986,  and  Madeira  Islands,  $3,541.43) .  15,527  43 

West  China .  24,166  51 

West  Japan .  22,51195 


Total  charged  to  Missions .  $976,514'^83 

Support  of  Missionary  Bishops .  Is  24,250  00 

Incidental  Needs  of  Missions  (not  including  $38,965.42  charged  to  Mission  accounts) . ^  I  6,530  95 

Allowances  for  Retired  Missionaries,  Widows,  and  Orphans .  !  21,975  50 

Publication  Fund .  3  , 34,043  18 


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Recapittilatfon  of  Regular  Receipts  and  Disbursements — Continued 


Young  People’s  AVork . . . . . .  $6,643  52 

Salaries  (and  Expenses)  of  Field  Secretaries .  15,958  21 

Cooperation  in  Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement .  13,670  61 

Salaries  of  Office  Secretaries .  14,000  00 

Office  and  General  Committee  Expenses .  18,832  01 

Miscellaneous  Expenses  (including  Interest,  net,  $3,180.76) .  13,944  70 


Total  Regular  Disbursements .  $1,146,363  51 


MONTHLY  STATEMENT 


Date 

Treasury 
in  Debt, 

Nov.  1,  1910 

Receipts 

Disbursements 

Treasury  in 
Debt  on  the 
Last  Day  of 
Each  Month 

November,  1910 . 

$98,610  62 

$26,322  90 
23,360  19 
12,590  78 
10,598  53 
107,510  71 
274,042  97 
20,469  23 
18,537  03 
14,833  20 
20,356  73 
214,746  09 
329,629  63 

$88,199  51 
124,175  31 
94,454  06 
100,467  45 
93,864  33 
82,511  87 
109,831  79 
91,518  99 
75,584  94 
97,540  96 
88,545  60 
99,668  70 

$160,487  23 
261,302  35 
343,165  63 
433,034  55 
419,388  17 
227,857  07 
317,219  63 
390,201  59 
450,953  33 
528,137  56 
401,937  07 
171,976  14 

December,  1910 . 

January,  1911 . 

Februai’y . 

March . 

April . 

May . 

June . 

July . . 

August . 

September . 

October . 

Total . 

$ . 

$1,072,997  99 

$1,146,363  51 

$ . 

COMBINED  STATEMENT  OF  REGULAR  RECEIPTS  AND 
DISBURSEMENTS  AND  SPECIAL  GIFTS 


Summary  of  Regular  Receipts  and  Disbursements 


Disbursements  from  November  1,  1910,  to  October  31,  1911 .  $1,146,363  51 

Receipts  from  November  1,  1910,  to  October  31,  1911 .  1,072,997  99 

Disbursements  in  excess  of  Receipts .  $73,365  52 

Balance,  Treasury  in  debt,  November  1,  1910 .  98,610  62 

Balance,  Treasury  in  Debt,  November  1,  1911 .  $171,976  14 

Summary  of  Special  Gifts 

Balance  on  hand  November  1,  1910 .  $23,515  45 

Receipts  during  the  year .  438,126  43 

$461,641  88 

Disbursements  during  the  year .  411,048  65 

Balance,  Special  Gifts  on  hand,  November  1,  1911 .  $50,593  23 

Combined  Receipts 

Regular  Receipts  from  November  1,  1910,  to  November  1,  1911 .  $1,072,997  99 

Special  Gifts  Receipts  from  November  1,  1910,  to  November  1,  1911 .  438,126  43 

Total .  $1,511,124  42 

Combined  Disbursements 

Regular  Disbursements  from  November  1,  1910,  to  November  1,  1911 . $1,146,363  51 

Special  Gifts  disbursed  from  November  1,  1910,  to  November  1,  1911 .  411,048  65 

Total .  $1,557,412  16 


HOMER  EATON,  Treasurer, 

H»  C.  JENNINGS,  Assistant  Treasurer, 


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Appropriations  for  1912 


L— APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  THE  MISSIONS  TO  BE  ADMINISTERED 

DIRECTLY  BY  THE  BOARD 


(1)  Support  of  Missionary  Bishops .  S24,250 

(2)  Emergencies  in  the  Missions .  50,000 

(3)  Incidental  needs  of  the  Missions .  30,000 

(4)  Allowances  for  retired  missionaries,  widows,  and  orphans .  23,000 

- $127,250 


n— APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  THE  MISSION  FIELDS 

Note. — All  appropriations  are  to  be  distributed  by  the  Finance  Committees  of  the  respective  Missions,  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  presiding  Bishop  and  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Managers.  In  the  distribution  of  the  appro¬ 
priations,  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Finance  Committees  of  the  respective  Missions,  the  Bishops  in  charge,  and  the 
Board  of  Managers,  any  part  thereof  can  be  applied  to  property,  it  may  be  done. 

DIVISION  1.— Eastern  Asia 


I.  China:  (1)  Foochow  Conference .  $27,665 

(2)  Hinghw.a.  Conference .  13,722 

(3)  Central  China  Conference .  37,479 

(4)  North  China  Conference .  50,363 

(5)  West  China  Mission  Conference .  22,874 

Union  Publishing  House .  1,500 

Salaiy  and  rent  for  editor . •. .  1,000 

Interest  on  loan  to  Publishing  House . . .  1,000 

Salary  and  traveling  expenses  of  F,  D.  Gamewell .  2,000 

Salary  of  Spencer  Lewis .  1,300 


Total  for  China . $158,903 

2.  Japan:  (1)  East  Japan  Conference . . . .  $38,209 

(2)  West  Japan  Conference  (of  which  $500  shall  be  for  evangelistic  work  in  the 

Loochoo  Islands) .  21,150 

Interest  on  Publishing  House  debt .  3,000 

Aoyama  Gakuin  (Theological  School) .  750 


Total  for  Japan .  63,109 

3.  Korea  Conference .  38,679 


Total  for  Eastern  Asia . $260,691 


DIVISION  2. — Southern  Asia 

1.  India:  (1)  North  India  Conference .  $60,674 

(2)  Northwest  India  Conference .  31,537 

(3)  South  India  Conference .  23,930 

(4)  Central  Provinces  Mission  Conference .  17,938 

(5)  Bombay  Conference .  23,405 

(6)  Bengal  Conference .  17,388 

(7)  Burma  Mission  Conference .  10,604 

Total  for  India . . . $185,476 

2.  Malaysia:  (1)  Malaysia  Conference . . . . .  $21,610 

(2)  Philippine  Islands  Conference  (of  which  $500  may  be  applied  for  Central 

Church,  Manila) .  26,433 


Total  for  Malaysia .  48,043 


Total  for  Southern  Asia . $233,519 


DIVISION  3.— Africa 

1.  Liberia  Conference . $15,142 

2.  East  Central  Africa  Mission  Conference .  14,434 

3.  West  Central  Africa  Mission  Conference .  12,389 

4.  North  Africa  Mission . 3,878 


Total  for  Africa .  $45,843 

DIVISION  4. — South  America 

1.  Eastern  South  America  Conference .  $52,113 

2.  Chile  Conference:  (1)  Chile .  $23,395 

(2)  Bolivia .  5,000 

_  28  395 

3.  North  Andes  Mission  (1)  Ecuador  and  Peru .  $15,310 

Conference:  (2)  Panama .  2,000 

-  17,310 


Total  for  South  America 

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$97,818 


DIVISION  5.— Mexico 


$58,662 


Mexico  Conference 


DIVISION  6. — Europe 


1.  Austria-Hungary  Mission  Conference .  $5,032 

2.  North  Germany  Conference .  15,000 

3.  South  Germany  Conference . 18,000 

4.  Martin  Mission  Institute .  1,000 

5.  Switzerland  Conference . 7,000 

6.  Norway  Conference: 

For  the  work . $11,550 

For  Theological  School,  at  disposal  of  resident  Bishop .  500 

-  12,050 

7.  Sweden  Conference: 

For  the  work . $13,570 

For  Theological  School  at  Upsala,  at  disposal  of  resident  Bishop .  1,500 

For  interest .  230 

-  15,300 

8.  Denmark  Conference .  7,600 

9.  Finland  Conference: 

For  the  work .  $6,765 

For  the  Theological  School,  at  disposal  of  resident  Bishop .  850 

-  7,615 

10.  Russia  Mission . ' .  4,500 

11.  Bulgaria  Mission  Conference .  9,500 

12.  Italy  Conference .  54,278 

13.  France  Mission  Conference .  6,840 

14.  Italian  Chutch  in  Zurich . 1,000 


Total  for  Europe . $164,715 


IIL— GENERAL  EXPENSES 
L — Expenses  of  Collection 


(1)  Publication  Fund .  $15,000 

(2)  Young  People’s  Work .  7,500 

(3)  Field  Secretaries . . .  10,000 

(4)  Cooperation  with  the  Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement .  10,000 

- $42,500 

2. — Expenses  of  Administration 

(1)  Office  Secretaries .  $14,000 

(2)  Office  and  General  Committee  expenses .  18,000 

-  32,000 

3. — Miscellaneous 

Miscellaneous,  including  interest  on  debt .  10,000 


Total .  $84,500 


RECAPITULATION 


I.  Appropriations  for  Missions,  to  be  administered  directly  by  the  Board . $127,230 

II.  Appropriations  for  the  Mission  Fields: 

(1)  China . $158,903 

(2)  Japan . .  63,109 

(3)  Korea .  38,679 

(4)  India .  185,476 

(5)  Malaysia .  48,043 

(6)  Africa ...  .  45,843 

(7)  South  America  .  97,818 

(8)  Mexico .  58,662 

(9)  Europe.. .  164,715 

-  861,248 

III.  General  Expenses: 

Expenses  of  collection .  $42,500 

Expenses  of  administration . ' .  32,000 

Miscellaneous .  10,000 

-  84,500 


Grand  Total . $1,072,998 


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ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS  A  DOPTED  AT  DENVER 


Debt  and  Emergency  Fund 

A  plan  was  adopted  embodying  the  following  features ; 

I.  An  immediate  appeal  to  the  church  for  $200,000,  a  committee  preparing  an  appeal 
to  be  published  in  the  church  papers,  to  be  sent  to  pastors,  district  superin¬ 
tendents,  and  churches. 

II.  A  provisional  division  of  the  debt  among  individuals  and  among  churches  in 
proportion  to  the  salary  paid. 

III.  A  commission  to  cooperate  with  the  Missionary  Office  in  securing  the  amount 

of  the  debt.  This  commission  was  constituted  by  the  appointment  of  Bishops 
Hamilton,  Wilson,  and  Lewis,  G.  P.  Eckman,  J.  E.  Leaycraft,  E.  S.  Tipple, 
F.  A.  Horne. 

IV.  The  immediate  securing  of  names  and  addresses  of  men  who  may  be  reasonably 

solicited  for  the  various  sums  necessary  to  clear  the  debt. 

V.  A  sub-committee  to  prepare  appeal.  Bishop  Hamilton,  A.  B.  Leonard,  E.  A. 
Schell,  and  G.  P.  Eckman  were  appointed. 

Apportionments 

1.  Basis:  The  sum  of  $1,500,000  was  adopted  as  a  basis  of  apportionments  for  the 
coming  year. 

IL  Plan  :  The  following  plan  was  adopted,  having  been  previously  approved  by  a 
joint  sub-committee,  representing  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  the  Board 
of  Home  Missions  and  Church  Extension  and  the  Freedmen’s  Aid  Society. 

1.  That  the  apportionments  for  the  various  Boards  and  Societies  be  sent  out 
from  one  office. 

2.  That  the  equitable  apportionment  plan  already  tried  be  used  as  the  basis. 

3.  That  the  Rev.  W.  B.  Hollingshead,  D.D.,  be  employed  as  the  joint  agent  of 
the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  Board  of  Home  Missions,  Fr'eedmen’s  Aid  Society, 
Board  of  Sunday  Schools,  and  such  other  Boards  as  may  cooperate,  his  salary  and 
the  support  of  the  office  to  be  met  by  the  cooperating  Boards  and  Societies,  each  paying 
a  pro  rata  share,  according  to  the  annual  income  of  each,  exclusive  of  special  gifts. 

4.  That  these  recommendations  be  referred  to  the  various  Boards  for  action. 

Korea  Quarter-Centennial 

The  period  for  the  Quarter-Centennial  Campaign  was  extended  to  March  i,  1912. 

The  Newman  Trust  for  Work  in  Jerusalem 

The  General  Committee  recommended  that  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
receive  and  administer  the  property  in  Jerusalem  and  the  residue  of  the  Newman 
estate  in  the  hands  of  Lemuel  Skidmore,  Esq.,  and  Rev.  J.  Sumner  Stone,  as  trustees 
of  the  estate,  in  accordance  with  a  proposition  submitted  by  the  said  trustees. 

Report  of  Treasurer 

The  following  was  adopted : 

We  heartil}^  and  strongly  commend  the  clear,  accurate,  and  comprehensive  report 
of  the  Treasurer  and  assure  him  of  our  appreciation  of  his  care  and  labor  in  pre¬ 
paring  the  same.  We  approve  of  his  giving  the  detailed  items  in  the  various  depart¬ 
ments  and  recommend  that  in  the  Report  hereafter  a  comparative  statement  be  given 
of  the  receipts  of  the  previous  year  from  the  Annual  Conferences  and  also  that  com¬ 
parative  statements  be  given  of  amounts  expended  for  miscellaneous  items,  especially 
where  the  expenditure  exceeds  the  appropriation  or  materially  exceeds  the  amount 
expended  the  previous  year.  We  also  recommend  that,  if  possible,  the  report  be 
audited  before  being  presented  to  the  General  Committee. 

Special  Gifts 

The  Committee  of  General  Reference  recommended  that  the  General  Committee 
adopt  the  following: 

That  the  General  Conference  be  memorialized  to  amend  paragraph  379  of  the 
Discipline,  by  inserting  after  the  words  “specified  purpose,”  the  sentence :  “The 
Board  shall  exercise  general  supervision  over  appeals  for  special  gifts  and  shall 
make  such  regulations  as  may  be  necessary”  ;  by  omitting  from  the  last  sentence  the 
words :  “in  full”  ;  and  by  adding  to  the  last  sentence  the  words :  “and  shall  bear  their 
proportion  of  the  general  administration  expenses,”  so  that  the  whole  paragraph  as 
amended,  shall  read : 

Credit  shall  be  given  for  special  gifts  from  any  charge,  when  said  charge,  includ¬ 
ing  the  Sunday  school,  shall  have  raised  its  full  apportionments  for  the  Board  of 


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Foreign  Missions  and  such  special  donation  shall  be  received  by  the  Board  for  the 
specified  purpose.  The  Board  shall  exercise  general  supervision  over  appeals  for 
special  gifts  and  shall  make  such  regulations  as  may  be  necessary.  Special  donations 
shall  be  applied  to  the  purposes  designated  by  their  donors,  but  shall  be  included  in 
estimating  the  cost  of  collection  and  administration  and  shall  bear  their  propor¬ 
tion  of  the  general  administration  expenses. 

This  recommendation  was  referred  to  the  Board,  with  a  request  that  the  whole 
question  involved  be  carefully  studied  and  that  such  action  be  taken  as  the  judg¬ 
ment  of  the  Board  may  approve. 


Peace  Treaties 


The  following  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  By  the  General  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions,  representing  the 
ministers  and  laymen  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  throughout  the  world,  that 
we  respectfully  urge  the  United  States  Senate  to  ratify  the  peace  treaties  now  pend¬ 
ing  before  that  body,  believing  that  they  will  promote  friendly  relations  between 
the  nations  immediately  concerned  and  also  between  all  the  nations  of  the  world. 

That  the  Secretary  of  this  General  Committee  send  copies  of  this  action  to 
President  Taft  and  to  Vice-President  Sherman. 


Suppression  of  the  Opium  Evil 

The  General  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
having  been  informed  of  the  proposed  international  Conference  for  the  suppression 
of  the  opium  evil,  called  at  The  Hague,  for  December,  1911,  take  the  following  action  : 

1.  It  is  urged  that  this  Conference  be  not  again  postponed  unless  some  utterly 
imperative  reason  demands  such  postponement. 

2.  It  is  even  more  earnestly  urged  that  this  Conference  use  all  its  power  to 
secure  the  international  prohibition  of-  the  opium  traffic  at  the  earliest  possible  time. 

3.  That  the  Rev.  H.  C.  Stuntz,  D.D.,  and  Mr.  George  W.  F.  Swartzell  are  ap¬ 
pointed  a  committee  to  present  these  resolutions  to  President  Taft  and  to  offer 
him  our  grateful  appreciation  for  calling  this  Conference. 

General  Committee  of  1912 

1.  Place. — An  invitation  was  received  from  Spokane,  Washington.  The  General 
Committee  directed  that  thanks  be  extended  to  the  representatives  of  Spokane  Meth¬ 
odism  for  the  invitation,  but  referred  the  question  of  the  place  of  meeting  to  the 
Board  of  Managers  with  power. 

2.  Date. — The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

That  the  officers  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  be  directed  to  communicate 
with  the  Board  of  Bishops,  officers  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Church 
Extension  and  of  Freedmen’s  Aid  Society,  to  take  into  account  the  dates  of  the 
meetings  of  the  several  general  committees  and  arrange  them  in  such  wise  that  the 
members  of  the  general  committees  may  be  at  home  on  election  day  as  far  as 
practicable. 


Constitution  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 

I 

Adopted  by  the  General  Conference  in  1908 

ARTICLE  I 

NAME  AND  OBJECT 

The  name  of  this  organization  shall  be  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Its  objects  are  religious  and  philanthropic, 
designed  to  diffuse  more  generally  the  blessings  of  Christianity,  by  the  promo¬ 
tion  and  support  of  Christian  Missions  and  educational  institutions  in  foreign 
countries,  and  also  in  other  places  subject  to  the  sovereignty  of  the  United 
States  which  are  not  on  the  continent  of  North  America  or  the  islands  adjacent 
thereto,  as  may  be  committed  to  the  care  of  said  organization  by  the  General 
Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  under  such  rules  and  regula¬ 
tions  as  vSaid  General  Conference  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 


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ARTICLE  II 

LIFE  MExMBERS^  HONORARY  MEMBERS^  AND  PATRONS 

All  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  contributing  to  the  funds 
of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  shall  be  nominally  members  of  said  Board. 
Any  person  contributing  $20  at  one  time  shall  be  a  Life  Member.  Any  person 
giving  $200  at  one  time  shall  be  an  Honorary  Life  Member.  Any  person  giv¬ 
ing  $500  at  one  time  shall  be  an  Honorary  Manager  for  life,  and  any  person 
giving  $1,000  at  one  time  shall  be  a  Patron  for  life;  and  such  Manager  or 
Patron  shall  be  entitled  to  a  seat  and  the  right  of  speaking,  but  not  of  voting, 
in  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Managers. 

ARTICLE  HI 

GENERAL  COMMITTEE  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 

There  shall  be  a  General  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions,  composed  of  the 
General  Superintendents,  the  Missionary  Bishops,  the  Corresponding  Secretary, 
the  First  Assistant  Corresponding  Secretary,  the  Recording  Secretary,  the 
Treasurer,  the  Assistant  Treasurer,  two  representatives,  one  lay  and  one  min¬ 
isterial,  from  each  General  Conference  District,  and  as  many  representatives 
from  the  Board  of  Managers  as  there  are  General  Conference  Districts. 

The  representatives  of  the  Board  of  Managers  shall  be  elected  by  the 
Board  from  its  own  members,  and  shall  include  as  nearly  as  may  be  an  equal 
number  of  Ministers  and  Laymen. 

The  representatives  of  the  General  Conference  Districts  shall  be  elected 
by  the  General  Conference,  on  the  nominations  of  the  delegates  within  said 
districts,  respectively,  for  a  term  of  four  years. 

The  Board  of  Bishops  shall  fill  any  vacancy  that  may  occur  among  mem¬ 
bers  appointed  by  the  General  Conference,  so  that  each  General  Conference 
District  may  be  fully  represented  at  each  annual  meeting. 

The  General  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  shall  meet  annually  at  such 
place  in  the  United  States  as  the  General  Committee,  from  year  to  year,  may 
determine,  and  at  such  time  in  the  month  of  November  as  shall  be  determined 
by  the  Corresponding  Secretaries  and  Treasurers,  of  which  due  notice  shall  be 
given  to  each  member ;  and  the  Bishops  shall  preside  over  the  deliberations  of 
the  General  Committee.  But  the  annual  meeting  of  the  said  Committee  shall 
not  be  held  in  the  same  General  Conference  District  more  frequently  than  once 
in  four  years. 

Said  General  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  shall  determine  what  fields 
shall  be  occupied  as  Foreign  Missions,  and  the  amount  necessary  for  the 
support  of  each,  and  shall  make  appropriations  for  the  same,  including  an 
Emergency  Fund  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000)  ;  provided,  the  General 
Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  shall  not  appropriate  for  a  given  year,  includ¬ 
ing  the  emergency  appropriation  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000),  more  than 
the  total  income  for  the  year  immediately  preceding.  In  the  intervals  between 
the  meetings  of  the  General  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  the  Board  of  Man¬ 
agers  may  provide,  from  the  Emergency  Fund,  for  any  unforeseen  emergency 
that  may  arise  in  any  of  our  Foreign  Missions. 

The  General  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  shall  be  amenable  to  the 
General  Conference,  to  which  it  shall  make  a  full  report  of  its  doings.  Any 
expense  incurred  in  the  discharge  of  its  duties  shall  be  paid  from  the  treasury 
of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions. 


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ARTICLE  IV 

BOARD  OF  MANAGERS 

The  management  and  disposition  of  the  affairs  and  property  of  the  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions  and  the  administration  of  the  appropriations  and  all  other 
funds  shall  be  vested  in  a  Board  of  Managers,  consisting  of  the  General  Super¬ 
intendents  and  the  Missionary  Bishops,  who  shall  be  ex-officio  members  of  said 
Board,  thirty-two  Laymen,  and  thirty-two  Traveling  Ministers  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  elected  by  the  General  Conference,  according  to  the  require¬ 
ments  of  the  existing  Charter  of  said  Board  of  Foreign  Missions.  Vacancies 
in  the  Board  shall  be  filled  as  the  Charter  provides ;  and  the  absence,  without 
reasonable  excuse,  of  any  member  from  six  consecutive  meetings  of  the  Board 
shall  create  a  vacancy.  The  Board  shall  also  have  authority  to  make  By-laws, 
not  inconsistent  with  this  Constitution  or  the  Charter,  to  print  books,  period¬ 
icals,  and  tracts  for  Foreign  Missions;  to  elect  a  President,  Vice-Presidents, 
and  a  Recording  Secretary,  also  such  additional  Assistant  Secretaries  as  may 
be  necessary;  to  fill  vacancies  that  may  occur  among  the  officers  elective  of  its 
own  body ;  and  shall  present  a  statement  of  its  transactions  and  funds  to  the 
Church  in  its  annual  report,  and  shall  also  lay  before  the  General  Conference 
a  report  of  its  transactions  for  the  preceding  four  years,  and  the  state  of  its 
funds. 

The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  shall  have  power  to  suspend  a  Corre¬ 
sponding  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Assistant  Treasurer,  or  any  elected  member  of 
the  Board  of  Managers,  for  cause  to  them  sufficient;  and  a  time  and  place 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Managers,  at  as  early  a  day  as  practicable,  for 
the  investigation  of  the  official  conduct  of  the  person  against  whom  complaint 
has  been  made.  Due  notice  shall  be  given  by  the  Board  to  the  Bishops,  who 
shall  select  one  of  their  number  to  preside  at  the  investigation,  which  shall  be 
before  a  committee  of  twelve  persons,  six  Ministers  and  six  Laymen,  none  of 
whom  shall  be  members  of  the  Board  of  Managers.  Said  Committee  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Bishop  selected  to  preside  at  the  investigation.  Two  thirds 
of  said  Committee  shall  have  power  of  removal  from  office,  in  the  interval  of 
General  Conference,  of  the  official  against  whom  complaint  has  been  made. 

In  case  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  office  of  Corresponding  Secretary, 
First  Assistant  Corresponding  Secretary,  Treasurer,  or  Assistant  Treasurer,  the 
Bishops  shall  have  power  to  fill  the  vacancies;  and,  until  they  do  so,  the  Board 
of  Managers  shall  provide  for  the  duties  of  the  office. 

Thirteen  members  present  at  any  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  shall 
be  a  quorum. 

The  Board  shall  have  authority  to  solicit  and  receive  funds  for  the  publica¬ 
tion  and  distribution  of  tracts. 

ARTICLE  V 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARIES 

There  shall  be  one  Corresponding  Secretary,  who  shall  be  the  executive 
officer  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  a  First  Assistant  Corresponding 
Secretary,  both  of  whom  shall  be  elected  by  the  General  Conference  quadren¬ 
nially. 

They  shall  be  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Managers  and  their 
salaries,  which  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Managers,  shall  be  paid  out  of 
the  treasury.  They  shall  be  employed  exclusively  in  conducting  the  corre¬ 
spondence  of  the  Board,  in  furnishing  the  Church  with  missionary  intelligence. 


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in  supervising  the  Foreign  Missionary  work  of  the  Church,  and  by  correspond¬ 
ence,  traveling,  and  otherwise  in  promoting  the  general  interests  of  the  cause. 

ARTICLE  VI 

ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS 

The  officers  to  be  elected  by  the  Board  shall  be  chosen  and  hold  their  office 
for  the  term  of  one  yeai,  or  until  their  successors  shall  be  elected;  or,  if  a 
vacancy  occurs  during  the  year  by  death,  resignation,  or  otherwise,  it  may  be 
filled  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the  Board.  The  first  election  of  each  quadren- 
nium  shall  be  held  at  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  next  succeeding  the 
General  Conference. 

ARTICLE  VII 

PRESIDING  OFFICER 

At  all  meetings  of  the  Board  the  President,  or,  in  his  absence,  one  of  the 
Vice-Presidents,  and  in  the  absence  of  the  President  and  all  of  the  Vice-Presi¬ 
dents,  a  member  appointed  by  the  meeting  for  the  purpose  shall  preside.  The 
minutes  of  each  meeting  shall  be  signed  by  the  Chairman  of  the  meeting  at 
which  the  same  are  read  and  approved,  and  by  the  Recording  Secretary. 

ARTICLE  VIII 

SPECIAL  GIFTS 

Credit  shall  be  given  for  special  gifts  from  any  Charge  when  said  Charge, 
including  the  Sunday  School,  shall  have  raised  its  full  apportionment  for  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  such  special  donations  shall  be  received  by  the 
Board  for  the  specified  purpose.  Special  donations  shall  be  applied  in  full  to 
the  purposes  designated  by  the  donors,  but  shall  be  included  in  estimating  the 
cost  of  collection  and  administration. 

Nevertheless,  whenever  a  charge  or  an  individual  or  group  of  individuals 
in  any  Charge  shall  support  entirely  one  of  our  Missionaries  in  the  foreign 
field,  who  is  a  regularly  appointed  Missionary  of  the  Board,  and  assigned  to  the 
Charge,  the  entire  amount  may  be  credited,  irrespective  of  apportionments. 

ARTICLE  IX 

SUPPORT  OF  SUPERANNUATED  AND  OTHER  MISSIONARIES 

The  Board  may  provide  for  the  support  of  Superannuated  Missionaries, 
widows  and  orphans  of  Missionaries,  who  may  not  be  provided  for  by  their 
Annual  Conferences,  respectively;  provided,  they  shall  not  receive  more  than 
is  usually  allowed  Superannuated  Ministers,  their  widows  and  orphans,  in 
home  Conferences. 

No  one  shall  be  acknowledged  a  Missionary  or  receive  support  as  such 
from  the  funds  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  who  has  not  been  approved 
by  the  Board  of  Managers,  and  been  assigned  to  some  definite  field,  except  as 
above  provided.  Ministerial  Missionaries  shall  be  constituted  by  the  joint 
action  of  a  General  Superintendent  and  the  Board.  Lay  Missionaries  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Board  of  Managers. 

ARTICLE  X 

AMENDMENTS 

This  Constitution  shall  be  subject  to  amendment  or  alteration  only  by  the 
General  Conference. 


IS 


Methods  of  Procedure  of  the  General 

Committee 

(Adopted  in  November,  1907,  and  Amended  in  November,  1909) 

Before  making  appropriations  the  General  Committee  shall  hear,  i,  the 
report  of  the  treasurer  ;  2,  the  reports  of  the  corresponding  secretaries. 

1.  General  Appropriations 

1.  The  total  appropriation  for  all  purposes,  except  the  liquidation  of  the 
debt,  shall  be  first  determined.  At  the  close  of  all  other  appropriations,  an 
appropriation  for  the  liquidation  of  debt  may  be  added. 

2.  Appropriations  shall  next  be  made  for  supplementary  purposes,  and  for 
collection,  administration,  and  miscellaneous  expenses,  and  the  remainder  shall 
be  available  for  division  among  the  several  missions. 

3.  The  General  Committee  may  next  set  set  aside  a  sum  for  property,  to 
be  divided  among  the  missions  after  appropriations  for  the  work  have  been 
made. 

II.  Order  of  Appropriations 

1.  The  missions  shall  be  classified  in  six  divisions,  as  follows: 

(1)  Eastern  Asia.  (3)  Africa.  (5)  Mexico. 

(2)  Southern  Asia.  (4)  South  America.  (6)  Europe. 

2.  The  chair  shall  appoint  a  committee  to  nominate,  for  confirmation  by  the 
General  Committee,  the  following  special  committees:  (i)  A  committee  to  dis¬ 
tribute  among  the  six  divisions  the  amount  available  for  the  work  and  for 
property  for  the  consideration  of  the  General  Committee;  (2)  A  committee 
for  each  division  who  shall  divide  the  sum  assigned  to  that  division  to  the 
several  missions  belonging  thereto.  The  committee  for  each  division  shall  con¬ 
sist  of  two  bishops,  two  ministers  and  two  laymen  from  the  district  representa¬ 
tives,  two  board  representatives,  and  a  representative  from  the  office  to 
be  designated  by  the  corresponding  secretaries;  (3)  a  committee  of  general 
reference. 

3.  In  making  appropriations  the  several  divisions  shall  be  taken  up  con¬ 
secutively  in  the  order  named,  in  1907,  and  thereafter  the  consideration  shall 
begin  with  the  division  immediately  succeeding  that  with  which  the  considera¬ 
tion  began  the  previous  3^ear.  Reconsideration  of  appropriations  shall  not  be 
in  order  until  the  entire  list  has  been  completed. 

4.  The  corresponding  secretaries  shall  present  the  recommendations  of  the 
committees  of  the  board  of  managers  relating  to  appropriations. 

III.  Rules,  Amendments,  Etc. 

1.  The  rules  of  the  General  Conference,  so  far  as  they  apply,  shall  be  the 
rules  of  the  General  Committee,  but  the  time  allowed  to  any  speaker  shall  not 
exceed  ten  minutes  unless  it  shall  be  extended  by  action  of  the  General 
Committee. 

2.  Any  of  these  rules  may  be  suspended  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  mem¬ 
bers  present  and  voting. 


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